Search Engine Optimisation

Search engine

A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. Search engines provide an interface to a group of items that enables users to specify criteria about an item of interest and have the engine find the matching items. The criteria are referred to as a search query. In the case of text search engines, the search query is typically expressed as a set of words that identify the desired concept that one or more documents may contain.

A search engine is a searchable online database of internet resources. A search engine is comprised of a software program that is designed to help users of the Internet locate information on the World Wide Web. The search engine collects and then indexes Internet resources i.e. Web pages etc, and provides a keyword search system allowing the user to identify and retrieve resources.

There are many search engines available on the WWW and each is these are different in their scope, search protocols, and appearance. Some common search engines are: Alta Vista, Google, Yahoo, Excite, Lycos, and HotBot.

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